Knee without ACL- check up before surgery !

How does the knee look after ligament tear when your surgeon examines?
Before this you should know that ACL tear (anterior cruciate ligament)is the most commonly torn ligament of knee. It commonly gets injured in footballers, basketball players and during road traffic accidents also. How do you identify that your knee injury is serious ..
1. Knee develops severe pain
2. Usually it’s difficult to stand and walk
3. Knee feels unstable
4. Knee swells up with in 2-3 hours
making it difficult to do even activities of daily living.

If it gets neglected or proper treatment gets delayed then
1. knee becomes unstable although pain & swelling settles down in due course of time
2. Thigh muscles become weak and atrophic making thigh look thinner as compared to normal thigh
3. One looses confidence to run, or jump
4. Activities like aggressive landing, cutting and pivoting are nearly impossible

How does the knee look like when your surgeon examines it ?
1. The knee is Lax making other structures of the knee like meniscus and cartilage, more prone to tears or damage
2. Knee is so loose that your surgeon can move both the bones of leg separately - bones loose most important connection with each other .. See how it happens in this video

Best treatment for complete ACL tear is arthroscopic (keyhole) reconstruction of ACL ..

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